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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Mobile Shortwave receiver
Deluxe HF Antenna Tuner

General

HAM bands 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  ? 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m 
Freq. stability ? < ±30 Hz in 1 hour typical ?
Tuning steps ? 8 Hz / 0.05 kHz ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 0.03-30 MHz 1.8-30 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   All mode  
Sensitivity ? 0.5 µV SSB 2-30 Mhz ?
Selectivity ? 2.2 kHz 2.3 kHz -6 dB
4.0 kHz 5.9 kHz -6 dB
7.0 kHz 8.8 kHz -6 dB
10 kHz 10.5 kHz -6 dB
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Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system ? Double conversion superheterodyne ?
IF-freqs. ? 1st: 45 MHz
2nd: 455 kHz
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Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? 1.6W 8 ohms 5% THD ?

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m - 1.8-30 MHz
Modulations CW   SSB   - All mode  
RF-output 100 W ? 200 / 2000 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 + Hi-Z SO-239
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 50Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC 12V DC or internal batteries ?
Current RX 300-500 mA ? ?
TX Max 16 A - ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 197x and 197x Between 1990 and 1998 in Great Britain Between 1983 and 198x in USA
Dimensions 250 × 90 × 250 mm
(9.84 × 3.54 × 9.84 in)
253 × 109 × 204 mm
(9.96 × 4.29 × 8.03 in)
368 × 352 × 146 mm
(14.49 × 13.86 × 5.75 in)
Weight ? 1.90 kg (4.2 lbs) 7.10 kg (15.7 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Mobile Base Station

Other features

Memories ? 30 channels in 1 bank(s) ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN ATLAS-000210X LOWE-HF-000225 HEATHKIT-SA-002060A